Old Gilbert Road Tavern — Restaurant in Portland

Fantastic neighborhood bar. The Old Gilbert Road manages to be unpretentious, even as they serve local microbrews, CBD soda, and have an appetizer of sauteed brussel sprouts (which is fabulous, by the way, and you should totally get an order).

The burgers are quite good. And the bar keeper mixes a fine cocktail.

They often have live music in the evenings, and while the bands vary in quality, the drawback is the house sound system is pretty bad, and generally overmodulated (except for the vocals, which are often entirely lost). Still, the volume is good at the outside tables, and an evening at the Old Gilbert Road is worth suffering...

I have never been there before up until today. I was waiting to get picked up while sitting outside on the wooden benches they have there out front. I didn't buy anything so therefore i wasn't a customer so the guy inside came out side to smoke a cigarette and asked me for my ID after he told me that I couldn't drink my vitamin water and that I was trespassing because I wasn't a customer. He Judged Me by my looks and asked me for my ID and basically told me that if I didn't buy anything that I was trespassing just for sitting on the benches. Even said he was going to call the cops for...

Great little neightborhood bar with friendly staff and a chill environment. I guess they do shows there sometimes although I haven't made it to one yet.

If there was room for improvement: Need a vegan/vegetarian alternative... I suggest maybe getting some frozen boca burgers and just microwaving them for sandwiches (skip the grill)

Pool tables somehow have "slow" non-league felt instead of the professional grade cloth Diamond tables come with. If you're a pool snob/league player this is a bit disappointing.

But love the...